diff --git a/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml b/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
index 75a0d3b0df8ae1..aa2dea5c65b7c2 100644
--- a/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
+++ b/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ spec:
     - PrunePropagationPolicy=foreground # Supported policies are background, foreground and orphan.
     - PruneLast=true # Allow the ability for resource pruning to happen as a final, implicit wave of a sync operation
     - RespectIgnoreDifferences=true # When syncing changes, respect fields ignored by the ignoreDifferences configuration
+    - ApplyOutOfSyncOnly=true # Only sync out-of-sync resources, rather than applying every object in the application
     managedNamespaceMetadata: # Sets the metadata for the application namespace. Only valid if CreateNamespace=true (see above), otherwise it's a no-op.
       labels: # The labels to set on the application namespace
         any: label